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Best Album: 'Dare' The Human League". Smash Hits. Vol.3, no.26. London. 24 December 1981 – 6 January 1982. p.23. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020 . Retrieved 6 April 2020. Buskin, Richard (July 2010). "Human League 'Don't You Want Me' ". Sound on Sound. Cambridge. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016 . Retrieved 4 November 2020. The first release from the now complete new team came in July 1981, "Love Action (I Believe in Love)", which peaked at number three in the UK. By September 1981, the album was finished and provisionally entitled Dare, after a Vogue magazine cover (U.K., April 1979, Gia Carangi). Oakey explained the story behind the album name at the time:

Matrix / Runout (B side runout - variant 18): V-219(3 scratched out)2 B-3 [unknown stamp] TOWN HOUSE Davis, Michael (December 1982). "Taking the all-synthesizer sound to the Top Ten". Keyboard. San Bruno.Dare (album sleeve). The Human League. Virgin Records. 1981. V2192. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) a b "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017 . Retrieved 4 November 2020. Offiziellecharts.de – The Human League – Dare" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 April 2020. After a break in 1988 for a multi-platinum selling greatest hits album, the group returned with Romantic? which was yet another move forward with their sound, the hit single “Heart Like A Wheel” saw the band reunite with Dare producer Martin Rushent. However, after a dozen years with the label, it was to be their last album for Virgin. The band continue to record, have hits and tour the world to this day……but that’s a story for another boxset. Jaaroverzichten – Album 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019 . Retrieved 16 April 2020.

Dutch album certifications – The Human League – Dare" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 16 July 2022. Enter Dare in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1982 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". The Human League Live". susanne-sulley.net. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007 . Retrieved 4 November 2020. Dare (also released as Dare! in certain countries) is the third studio album by English synth-pop band the Human League, first released in the United Kingdom in October 1981 then subsequently in the US in mid-1982. [6] The album was recorded between March and September 1981 following the departure of founding members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, and saw the band shift direction from their previous avant-garde electronic style toward a more pop-friendly, commercial sound led by frontman Philip Oakey. [7] Top 100 Albums 82". RPM. Vol.37, no.19. 25 December 1982. p.19. ISSN 0315-5994. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.a b c d e Windle, Robert (2010) [2001]. "The Human League Biography Part 2: 'Our music beats the best...' ". Electronically Yours. Opium Visuals. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007 . Retrieved 8 August 2007. New Zealand album certifications – The Human League – Dare". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 16 November 2019.

Jones, Alan; Lazell, Barry; Rees, Dafydd (1982). "The Top 200 Albums (UK)". Chart File 1982. London: Virgin Books. pp.78–81. ISBN 0-907080-49-9. Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Jones, Alan (1983). "The Top 100 UK Albums". Chart File Volume 2. London: Virgin Books. pp.82–83. ISBN 0-907080-73-1.

Mulholland, Garry (May 2012). "The Human League: Dare Deluxe Edition". Uncut. No.180. London. p.92. Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian) . Retrieved 29 May 2022. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Human League" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca".

Christgau, Robert (13 April 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015 . Retrieved 3 June 2016.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dare! – The Human League". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 January 2005.